Big Victory This Week (In Response To Last Week’s Big Loss) Relative to the spectrum of possibilities, ending the week with 10yr Treasury yields under

It was easy to get lulled into complacency by the second half of 2020 when it came to mortgage rates. Even as other indicators said

A decline in the number of forborne loans in those portfolios serviced for banks and private label securities (PLS) accounted for most of the modest

Freddie Mac’s first quarter 2021 economic forecast is unusually short, and, unlike recent forecasts from either of the GSEs, has relatively few revisions. The company’s

Fannie Mae said that the standardization of servicing standards that followed the 2008 housing crisis appears to have helped the industry manage the recent flood

Retail, Ops Jobs; Appraisal, Non-QM, Jumbo, DPA Products; Industry Weighs in on Good Freddie/Fannie News As Flagstar’s Marcus L. points out, “1999 doesn’t sound like

After the GA senate elections, the bond market immediately knew it needed to prepare for additional stimulus, even if moderate democratic voices might serve to

Bonds Playing it Extra Safe Ahead of Biden’s Stimulus Details As we discussed yesterday, the strong mid-week rally suggested a good amount of short covering was

MBS Day Ahead: Waiting On Stimulus Details, Shrugging Off Early Reports of $2 Trillion A few hours after markets closed yesterday, news began coming out regarding

Warehouse, Sales Jobs; Digital, AMC, Pricing Tools; Comp Survey; Cap. Markets, Broker Products With the money I’m saving on “Dry January,” I was able to